The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) has opened access to the Unified state register of persons who have committed corruption or corruption-related offenses, the press service of the agency reports.
“With the beginning of a full-scale invasion, state bodies, including the NAPC, had to limit access to a number of registers, including the Unified state register of persons who committed corruption or corruption-related offenses … taking into account the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “Some issues of ensuring the functioning of information and communication systems, electronic communication systems, public electronic registers under martial law” from 12.03.2022 ¹ 263″, – stated in the message published on the website
At the same time, the agency notes that there is significant public interest in opening the data of this Register.
“Lack of access to such information significantly complicates the activities of state bodies and other organizations, in particular when appointing applicants for relevant positions, public procurement and other transactions and the like,” the report stresses.
In addition, the Ministry of Defense gave a response to the NAPC about the absence of risks in case of restoration of access to the Register, however, provided that will not reflect information about the place of work, as well as the position at the time of committing a person of corruption or corruption-related offense.
In turn, the head of the agency, Alexander Novikov, noted that the open data of the Register is a powerful anti-corruption tool.
“The opening of the data of the Register of persons who committed corruption and corruption-related offenses, indicates that, taking into account the security aspects can be open and the data of the Register of declarations”, – said the head of the NAPC.
The agency expects the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of the bill №9534, restoring the electronic declaration of the state of officials, which was suspended in connection with the introduction of martial law, the bill should also regulate the issue of public access to the data of the Register of declarations.
The Unified State Register of persons who have committed corruption and corruption-related offenses can be viewed at the link: https://corruptinfo.nazk.gov.ua.
The NACC reminds that this register contains information about all individuals and legal entities that have committed corruption offenses. In addition, in the register you can get a certificate on the presence or absence of information about yourself and the legal person to whom criminal law measures have been applied for a corruption offense.
The NAPC is the administrator of this registry since February 2019.
